Combination bathtub and shower



Dec. 16, 1930.

H. S. LEBER COMBINATION BATHTUB AND SHOWER 3 Sheets-Shoot 1 Filed Jan.24 1930 INVENTOR label,

ATTORNEY Dec. 16, 1930. H. s. LEBER 1,785,636

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 16, 1930 UNITED STATES HARRY S. LEBER,OF GRAFTON, PENNSYLVANIA COMBINATION BATHTUB AND SHOWER Applicationfiled January 24, 1930. Serial No. 423,198.

This invention more particularly relates to certain new and usefulimprovements in plumbing fixtures and the like and which embodies amongother characteristics means 6 whereby a combined bath tub and shower isprovided.

Another object of the invention contemplates the provision andarrangement of closure means for the compartment designed to permit theadmission of light and air and yet prevent the floor of the adjoiningroom from becoming dampened.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention further consistsof the following novel features and details of construction, to behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on line 2-2 ofFigure 1. v

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail sectional view taken on line 44 ofFigure 1.

Figure 5 is illustrative in fragmentary perspective of the relativearrangement of the closures or doors for the compartment or stall.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 4 taken at a higher level throughone of the closure supports housing the plumbing.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the novel arrangement of spray headsand control mechanisms therefor.

Figure 8 is a detail view taken through the wall construction of thebuilt in tub illustrating the raceways or tracks formed therein for theaccommodation of the closures or doors and to provide leak proof jointstherebetween.

Figure 9 is a detail sectional view taken through the cornice andillustrative of the track supporting means for the doors or closures.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of referencedenote corresponding parts, .the letter A indicates a tub having acontinuous side wall 10 and open bottom and top.

The bottom for the tub is composed initially of a plate member 11 havingupstanding peripheral edges 12 to accommodate the depending edge of thecontinuous side wall. A ledge 13, inwardly projecting from the lowermostedge of the continuous side wall and reposing upon the upper side of theplate member 11 within the confines of the area established by theperipheral upstanding edge 12, is of annular formation to facilitate theprovision of an effective seal to prevent leakage or seepage of thewater to be held by the tub. The upper surface of the plate member 11and annular ledge 13 are then cemented and tiled in the manner suggestedin Figure 2 of the drawings and sloped toward a common drain or cesspool14.

As best shown in Figure 3 of the drawings the stall or compartment ispreferably arranged in the corner of a room and therefore necessitatesthe provision of some protective covering for the common lath andplaster walls. This protective covering may be in the nature of metallath, stuccoed with cement plaster against which a course of tile may belain or the outer surface of the cement plaster treated with Vitrolite.The latter mentioned surface is a glazed one and most effective for thispurpose and easy to clean. I

Corner posts 15 and '16 respectively arranged in the manner shown inFigure 3 of the drawings are designed to serve the alternate andcombined purposes of supports and jambs for the types of closures to beemployed for the two remaining side walls of the compartment or stall.As evidenced from the illustration of my invention in Fi ure 9 of thedrawings, the posts 15 and 16 in conjunction with the adjacent wallstructure sup ort a cornice construction indicated as at 1 andpreferably of hollow form.

The closures consist of a multiplicit of metallic white enameled doorframes 18 aving successions of parting strips 19 between whichtransparent panels'are carried. The lower edges of the doors arranged intelescopic staggered relation are designed for sliding movement withingrooves or channels 20 provided in the upper rolled edge portions of thetub side walls extending at right angles from the adjacent walls of thebuilding structure. Rollers 22, carried within the lower rails of thedoors and engageable with the channels or grooves 20 will facilitateease in the manipulation thereof when being shifted to occupy theirrespective posit-ions. As shown, each form of closure is in the natureof three doors, one of which is stationary and two are sliding. Only oneof the doors, however, carries a handle but the intermediate door isdesigned for cooperative sliding with the handle equipped door throughthe provision and arrangement of the pin and slot connection 23 and 24.The same closure construction is employed upon the remaining side of thecompartment or stall.

Panels 25 of elongated formation and arranged in the manner shown inFigures 1 and 2 of the drawings are disposed beneath the outer rollededges 26 of the tub wall A to give the completed tub the resemblance ofa built in one. The adjacent ends of the panels 25 outwardly flared, asat 27, to facilitate connection of a corner piece 28 therewith wherebysaid panels will be adequately held against accidental displacement toobviate the injurious sharp corner. A vent pipe 29 may be arranged inthe post 15 and extended through the roof of the dwelling to carry offsewer gas whereas the water pipes both hot and cold may be run upthrough the post 16. The shower arrangement comprises both hot and coldwater pipes 30 and 31 respectively having connection at their uppermostends with a T-coupling 32 which is in turn in communication with acommon discharge pipe 33. A common nozzle or spigot 34 may be includedupon the lowermost end of the discharge pipe 33 to provide the means offilling the tube whereas a shower head or its equivalent, indicated asat 35, may be included upon the uppermost end of the discharge pipe inthe manner shown in Figure 7 of the drawings. As a matter of fact anynumber of shower heads may be included throughout the height and lengthof the common discharge pipe 33 to facilitate adequate means for showerbathing and to accommodate itself to persons of different heights.

As stated in the foregoing, the panels, door frames and other parts ofthe completed combination bath tub and shower stall are enameled, tiled,or treated with Vitrolite but it is obviously understood that all of thestructures may be formed of Monel metal. The glass doors afford lightand at the same time are extremely sanitary and inviting, alsoeconomical as a shower doing away with the old-fashioned cloth curtainswhich health experts always claimed unsanitary unless Washed after eachshower. The glass doors are easy to keep clean by merely spraying afteruse.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved tomake such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A combined bath tub and shower compartment comprising complementalwall structures, a cornice, post members carried by the tub supportingthe portions of the cornice extended from the wall structures, andclosures slidably arranged between the tub and cornice.

2. A combined bath tub and shower compartment comprising complementalwall structures, a cornice, post members carried by the tub supportingthe portions of the cornice extended from the Wall structures, amultiplicity of transparent telescopically arranged closures mountedupon the tub, and means carried by the cornice slidably mounting theclosures thereon.

3. A combined bath tub and shower compartment comprising complementalwall structures, a cornice, post members carried by the tub supportingthe portions of the cornice extended from the wall structures, amultiplicity of transparent telescopically arranged closures mountedupon the tub, means carried by the cornice slidably mounting theclosures thereon, and a shower arrangement disposed between the seats ofpaneled closures upon the intervening posts. I

4. A combined bath tub and shower compartment comprising a tub havingportions built against the walls of a building structure, a corniceextending from the wall structure over the remaining exposed portions ofthe tub, post members carried by the tub and supporting said cornice,closures for the exposed side portions of the tub being of sectionalformation and telescopically arranged, bearing members carried by thecornice mounting said closures in sliding track formation, the tubhaving grooves in the upper edge thereof to accommodate the adjacentends of the closures, and panels carried upon the outer exposed sides ofthe tub to render a built in resemblance to the entire tub construction.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HARRY S. LEBER.

